The EAC-PM’s latest working paper flags an alarming increase in tobacco consumption in rural and urban areas over last decade. Taxes, pictorial warnings, and ad restrictions have failed to act as deterrent. What’s needed is some out-of-the-box thinking. Else, India stares at a crisis of public health and productive workforce.
Sri Lanka’s big, bold geopolitical move—humanity
It took a small country to make a big, bold geopolitical move. Allowing an Iranian ship to dock at its port, Sri Lanka demonstrated humanity. This, a day after US sank another Iranian warship in the region. Sri Lanka’s move is an attempt to preserve peace in the Indian Ocean.
Sinking of IRIS Dena reeks of bad faith. US mocked Indian Ocean partnership with India
Sinking of IRIS Dena in international waters may pass legal muster, but it reeks of bad faith. Likely unarmed and returning from a ceremonial exercise the US was invited to, the action mocks the spirit of Indian Ocean partnership. Better sense was expected but what can one expect from Trump.